Legend of the Warrior Princess: The Saga of Fang: Episode Two

[ZorzLeth]

The Traveler saw the frisbee hit the barbarian right on the head. He crashed onto the ground and thankfully not landing on the sword. She would go to grab her sword, but spent a couple of seconds trying to wipe the blade and hilt off skin flakes and grease.

"Capturing me is one thing, but doing this to my baby." Fang commented, with a comedic level of annoyance, "I'm kicking that king's ass for this!"

She then moved to leave the treasure room.

[MappleMan7]

Thankfully there was much more skin flakes on the sword than body oil on the sword. It was an easy cleaning job for the traveler. As she reclaimed her sword, the traveler might hear the sound of running footsteps nearby along with a voice speaking in a gleeful tune.

"Come on, lads! The prince says we can knock off early! TO THE MUDBALL FIELD!!"

A loud cheer was heard followed by the increased number of footsteps- now breaking into a sprint as what sounded like a dozen or more Barbarians charged past the treasure vault and scrambled up the stairs. It might be safe to assume that Oscar did his part in dealing with the guards.

[ZorzLeth]

As she was about to leave, she heard the sounds of more barbarians coming her way. She hid herself momentarily as she waited for the barbarians to walk past her.

Once the coast was clear, the Traveler would continue to make her way to meet up with Oscar.

"So far, so good." The Traveler said to herself, "Now to find Oscar."

[MappleMan7]

It didn't take long for the Traveler to rendezvous with Oscar- arriving to the cells as the Prince was seen opening one of the cells with a key before looking up at the Traveler.

"Ah- Good. You found your weapon. I could use your help here. The prisoners don't really... well, trust my word. I can understand why- but they won't leave"

The Traveler would see that the captured villagers had all tried to hide in the same corner- some climbing on top of one another with terrified expressions on their faces.

"I don't suppose your people skills can help them understand? I doubt anything I could do could convince them"

[ZorzLeth]

The Traveler caught up to Oscar, having finally cleaned off her sword. And oh boy did they hit a slight snag as she realized that the prisoners were not so keen on getting out of their cells.

"Oh. Ummm..." The Traveler responded, trying to figure out what to say. She did not exactly have the experience with inspiring people like this. However, she did not know what it was like to be a prisoner; a captive of others. She gave her sword to Oscar briefly, as she walked towards the group of prisoners. She got on one knee, as she was kneeling.

"Hey there," The Traveler said to one of the child prisoners in a sweet, sincere tone, "I know what it's like to be scared. To be trapped and shackled by others." She continued on talking, as she was addressing the other prisoners as well, "But I swear to you, we will get you out of here and to safety. That is my pledge to you."

One moment, she briefly turned her head to look at Oscar, with an expression that basically said: Did that work? I don't know if that worked? She was not quite certain that it did, but she at least tried.

[MappleMan7]

Oscar took the sword as it was passed to him and stayed quiet as the Traveler spoke to the frightened prisoners. They seemed more willing to listen to the woman who made an attempt to fight off the Barbarians at least. After a moment of silence with them processing the Traveler's pledge, the young boy she greeted at the start waddled over to her and gently hugged her leg. That seemed to do the trick as the other prisoners settled down and started approaching the duo.

"I'd say that did it. Well done. I'll get the other fells unlocked"

Oscar returned the Traveler's sword to her before turning away and getting to work with opening the other cells- looking back at the Traveler with a supportive nod.

[ZorzLeth]

The Traveler nodded as they worked on freeing the remaining prisoners. As they did, the Traveler would speak to Oscar.

"Ok, so far, so good. The Traveler said to Oscar, "Now to just get everyone out of here." She looked to check how many remaining prisoners there were.

[MappleMan7]

"It's going to be difficult to move through the castle with a group this large without being noticed... hmm..."

Oscar scratched his chin and looked at the prisoners, who were staring at them- looking for direction.

"... alright, here's what I got. They like you better- so I'll need you to take the lead. I'll follow from behind and watch our backs. Prisoners will be in the middle and following you. Got that?"

The prisoners, nodding their heads quietly, turn their attention to the Traveler. A woman collects the boy who was hugging the Traveler's leg as well- probably the mother.

[ZorzLeth]

The Traveler merely nodded, as she took the lead. She patted the boy that hugged her leg, as a means of encouraging and making him feel better about the situation, before the mother would collect him so that the Traveler could move.

"Alright." The Traveler said taking the lead before then taking a brief pause thinking, "Ummm...which direction do we need to go?"

[MappleMan7]

"Back up the stairs would be a good start"

Oscar responded with some dry humor in his voice, chuckling lightly.

"After that you'll want to take a left and keep going straight. It's a long hallway bit it should take us right where we need to go. When we get to the throne room, I'll do my part"